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Best backpacking trips in Yosemite National Park
Start date
Mileage
Ascent
Duration
Popularity
41 trips
Half Dome Day Hike
Popular
Yosemite National Park
14.2 mi/d
5,300 ft/d
1 day
Half Dome via Little Yosemite Valley
Popular
Yosemite National Park
10.7 mi/d
3,000 ft/d
2 days
Cathedral Lake
Popular
Yosemite National Park
3.7 mi/d
1,000 ft/d
2 days
John Muir Trail
Popular
Yosemite National Park
14.3 mi/d
6,600 ft/d
20 days
Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley via JMT
Popular
Yosemite National Park
13.6 mi/d
1,500 ft/d
3 days
Pohono Trail: Wawona Tunnel to Glacier Point
Popular
Yosemite National Park
8 mi/d
3,300 ft/d
2 days
Young Lakes via Dog Lake
Popular
Yosemite National Park
8.3 mi/d
2,100 ft/d
2 days
Rancheria Falls
Popular
Yosemite National Park
7.3 mi/d
1,600 ft/d
2 days
Pohono Trail: Wawona Tunnel to Old Inspiration Point
Popular
Yosemite National Park
2.8 mi/d
2,200 ft/d
2 days
Vogelsang and Lyell Canyon Loop
Popular
Yosemite National Park
12.2 mi/d
1,500 ft/d
2 days
Upper Yosemite Falls
Popular
Yosemite National Park
4.2 mi/d
4,200 ft/d
2 days
Sunrise High Sierra Camp
Popular
Yosemite National Park
5 mi/d
1,700 ft/d
2 days
Ten Lakes from White Wolf Trailhead
Popular
Yosemite National Park
9.2 mi/d
2,400 ft/d
2 days
Dewey Point (winter)
Popular
Yosemite National Park
3.7 mi/d
500 ft/d
2 days
Ten Lakes via Lukens Lake
Popular
Yosemite National Park
9.2 mi/d
2,400 ft/d
2 days
Ten Lakes
Popular
Yosemite National Park
6 mi/d
2,100 ft/d
2 days
Young Lakes via Glen Aulin Trail
Popular
Yosemite National Park
7.1 mi/d
2,100 ft/d
2 days
Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp
Popular
Yosemite National Park
5.9 mi/d
900 ft/d
2 days
North Rim Route: Porcupine Creek to Tamarack Creek
Yosemite National Park
11.8 mi/d
2,100 ft/d
2 days
Lake Vernon and Rancheria Falls
Yosemite National Park
10.1 mi/d
3,400 ft/d
3 days
Mather Ranger Station to Smith Meadow
Yosemite National Park
6.4 mi/d
1,700 ft/d
2 days
Mono Pass from Tioga Road
Yosemite National Park
4.7 mi/d
1,000 ft/d
2 days
North Dome from Tioga Road
Yosemite National Park
6.2 mi/d
1,200 ft/d
2 days
Ostrander Lake
Yosemite National Park
4.5 mi/d
1,800 ft/d
2 days
Mono Meadow to Lower Ottoway Lake
Yosemite National Park
14.7 mi/d
3,500 ft/d
2 days
Crescent Lake via Chilnualna Falls
Yosemite National Park
9.7 mi/d
4,400 ft/d
2 days
Smith Peak
Yosemite National Park
7.5 mi/d
2,200 ft/d
2 days
Mirror Lake, Snow Creek, and Yosemite Falls Loop
Yosemite National Park
9.4 mi/d
3,200 ft/d
2 days
Harden Lake
Yosemite National Park
2.7 mi/d
400 ft/d
2 days
May Lake and Mount Hoffman
Yosemite National Park
4.4 mi/d
1,400 ft/d
2 days
Merced Lake from Glacier Point
Yosemite National Park
8.6 mi/d
2,400 ft/d
4 days
Snow Creek from Tioga Road
Yosemite National Park
4.2 mi/d
100 ft/d
2 days
Polly Dome Lakes
Yosemite National Park
2.7 mi/d
600 ft/d
2 days
Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River
Yosemite National Park
10.1 mi/d
2,300 ft/d
4 days
Waterwheel Falls
Yosemite National Park
10.4 mi/d
2,000 ft/d
2 days
Red Peak Pass Loop
Yosemite National Park
13.6 mi/d
3,300 ft/d
5 days
Mt. Lyell
Yosemite National Park
16.1 mi/d
3,100 ft/d
2 days
Clouds Rest via Little Yosemite Valley
Yosemite National Park
14.4 mi/d
3,900 ft/d
2 days
Pohono Trail: Glacier Point to Dewey Point
Yosemite National Park
7.8 mi/d
2,200 ft/d
2 days
Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River loop
Yosemite National Park
11.6 mi/d
3,100 ft/d
5 days
El Capitan
Yosemite National Park
7.1 mi/d
4,300 ft/d
2 days